Remote learning resources from Ely Cathedral. A complete, guided lesson exploring 4 things that Christians do to celebrate Easter. Includes a video, worksheet and follow up activity for children to complete. Video - a step by step guide through the lesson on how Christians celebrate Easter. Children can watch and pause when they need to in order to complete the activities on the accompanying worksheet. Full instructions and guidance are given throughout. Worksheet - a short worksheet for children to complete as they watch the video to record and test their learning. Activity - a recipe for making Hot Cross Buns which children can do as a follow up activity.

Fully resourced lesson exploring the parables of The Good Samaritan and The Lost Sheep. Follows on from lessons on The Golden Rule and Love Commandment. Includes: Instructional Video Worksheet Parable Story Sheet

A complete lesson that looks at The Golden Rule and how it can be applied in life. Includes: Full instructional video Worksheet Storyboard template

Full lesson looking at Jesus’ healing of the the paralysed man. It looks at the meaning of the miracle as a sign of Jesus’ divinity and how this gave authority to his teachings - as such it follows on from the 3 previous lessons on The Love Commandment, Golden Rule and Parables. Lesson Includes: Full instructional Video Card sort Recap Activity Miracle Story Newspaper template

A full lesson that explores the story of Prahlad and Holika as well as looking at how Hindu’s celebrate the festival of Holi. Lesson includes: Full instructional video Worksheet Differentiated Storyboard activity

A resourced learning session for KS2 children looking at the meaning of the Christingle and exploring symbolism. This also includes a link to our annual Virtual Christingle, livestreamed from Ely Cathedral on 13th December at 13.30pm this year (2021).

These activity sheets support learning around “Floodland” by Julian Sedgewick. This set focuses on Now: Ch1-2. The activities on the sheets include exploring what it means to be human, designing a perfect society and also provides a map of Ely Cathedral with locations linked to the story. If you have found these resources useful, do get in touch with us at the Cathedral to find out more about borrow boxes around the text and themed visits to the Cathedral.

A fully resourced learning session to help KS2 children explore the meaning of Christingles. The resources also include a link to our annual Virtual Christingle which will be livestreamed from Ely Cathedral on 13th December this year (2021) at 13.30pm.

The activity sheet supports learning around “Floodland” by Julian Sedgewick. The activities focus around the events in Then: Ch8-13. Activities include discovering more about marine compasses, creative writing and exploring what makes people “good” and “bad”.

A full remote lesson for KS2 exploring Jesus’ great Love Commandment. This is the first session of a series that looks at the teachings of Jesus. Session includes: Full instructive video which goes through the content and explains how each task should be completed. Printable pdf version of a worksheet for children to complete as they go through the video in order to consolidate and demonstrate their learning.

A fully resourced scheme of work developed in partnership with The Clewer Initiative exploring Christian attitudes to issues of social justice, modern slavery and human rights.

Fully resourced lesson that follows on from previous lessons on Easter and Holi. Lesson includes instructional video and all worksheets. Powerpoint Video Sort cards Worksheet

A fully narrated assembly presentation exploring “Joy” using Luke 2:14 and including a video of Ely Cathedral Choir performing “Angels from the Realms of Glory”

The activities on these sheets help children to explore themes from Then: 6-7. Activities include compass work and an exploration of Blake’s “Little Girl Lost” and how it relates to Zoe.

This resource helps children to explore relationships and negotiations using the example of Zoe and Dooby in “Then” Ch3-6 of Floodland.

A printable reading diary for “Floodland” by Julian Sedgewick.

A set of 3 humanities lessons exploring the experiences of refugees and their vulnerability to exploitation.

Final lesson in a series that looks at the festivals of Easter and Holi. This builds on what children have learned about the common features of religious festivals and guides them to build their own based on them.

Materials from our 2021 School’s Day exploring the experiences of refugees, why these make refugees more vulnerable to modern slavery and Christian attitudes to helping those in need.

A learning plan and resources to accompany the “In Conversation” about the role of the Church in the local community video which can be found on the Ely Cathedral website.

This resource helps pupils explore the importance of identity and tradition for themselves and also refugee and migrant communities. It considers this through the lens of Afghan Kite Running and the book “After Tomorrow” by Gillian Cross. You will need a copy of “After Tomorrow” to access the resource fully. Pupils consider what it might be like to be a refugee and the things that might be important to them if they were to undertake such a journey themselves. Pupils will then consider why kite-running and flying might be especially important to refugee communities from Afghanistan. This resource was created in partnership with the Hear My Voice exhibition (which will be on display in Ely Cathedral over October half term in 2022) and The Clewer Initiative. At the end of the learning plan, pupils can design a mini-kite of their hopes and dreams. If they would like their kite to form part of the exhibition then they can bring it to Ely Cathedral Monday-Wednesday of half term or you can post them to Kites Exhibition, Learning Dept, Chapter House, The College, Ely CB74DL or email digital copies to Learning@elycathedral.org